Toy.



L. H. KIRK.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. |9|s.

1 ,1 92,530. Patented July 2.5, 1916.

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LOUIS H. KIRK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO PEG LOCK BLOCK COMPANY INC., 013 NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed April 1 1916. Serial No. 88,198.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs H. KIRK, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to toys, and has special reference to that class of toys comprising sets of building elements of various shapes and sizes adapted for employment in building toy structures of various kinds, and which sets of building elements are put up in suitable boxes or containers. The sets of building elements to which my present invention has particular reference include both rods and disks, the latter hava ing central perforations to receive the ends of the rods, whereby, upon placing a pair of disks on the opposite ends of one of the rods, a wagon axle and supporting wheels may be provided. To utilize such an axle and supporting wheels in making a toy wagon, a wagon body of course is necessary. Such a body, however, obviously would materially add to the bulk and expense of the toy. Therefore, it has been the object of my present invention to provide a wagon body for use in connection with the axle and wheels referred to, that will not add to the bulk or expense of the toy. This object I accomplish by adapting the regular box or container in which the toy is contained for use as a wagon body, in the manner hereinafter disclosed.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying my invention, the same being shown as it appears when used as a container for the toy, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the container, the same in this instance being shown as a wagon body mounted on axles and wheels provided by the toy elements.

Similar reference characters indicate like parts on the several figures of-the drawings.

The container for the toymay be of any desired form, size or material. In the present case it is a rectangular wooden box 6, provided at its top with a removable cover 0 having the usual tongue-and-groove sliding connection therewith. The toy contained in this box will ordinarily comprise a number of cubes, disks and rods, as indicated at 2, 3

axles and wheels, the same is provided with openings 5 in itsopposite side walls to reoeive the rods 41, as shown in Fig. 2, the said rods being of suflicient length to extend beyond the opposite sides of the container for connection with the disks, and the openings 5 being so spaced from the bottom of the container as'to insure the latter being supported by the disks a desired height from the surface on which the disks rest.

If it is desired to make a two-wheeled vehole or cart, one pair of wheels or disks may be employed and one pair of openings 5 in the box or container may be centrally or otherwise located, but if it is desired to make a four-wheeled vehicle, two pairs of openings 5 will be provided in the container, one pair near each end thereof, as shown.

As a means to conveniently draw or otherwise manipulate the wagon, it is desirable that the same should be provided with a wagon tongue, and as a means to provide this the container is provided with an opening 6 in its front end wall to receive one of the rods 4-, as shown in Fig. 2, which rod will be tightly fitted in said opening 6.

As a means to provide for holding the cover 0 in closed position and also provide for the support of a seat or other superstructure on the wagon body 6, openings or perforations 7 and 8 are also formed in the cover and bottom respectively, in positions registering with each other, through which may be passed one of the rods 4E with its upper end projecting above the cover for connection with other of the building elements, such for instance the cube shown, to which may be connected any desired form of toy structure.

What I claim is:

1. A toy comprising building elements and a container therefor, the building elements including rods and perforated disks adapted to be fitted on said rods, and the container being provided with openings in its opposite sides to removably receive one of the rods with disks located on its oppoopposite ends exterior of the container, for

the purpose described.

3. A toy comprising building elements and a container therefor, the building ele ments including rods andperforated disks adapted to be fitted on certain of said rods, and the container being provided with openings in its opposite sides and also with an opening in one end thereof, the openings in the sides of the container being adapted to removably receive one of the rods with disks on its opposite ends exterior of the container serving as wheels, and the opening in the end of the container adapted to removably receive one of the rods to serve as a wagon tongue.

4. A toy comprising building elements and a container therefor, the building elements including rods and perforated disks adapted to be fitted on certain of said rods, and the container having a removable cover and being provided with openings in its opposite sides and also in the cover and bottom thereof, the openings in the sides of the container being adapted to removably receive one of the rods with disks on its 0pposite ends exterior of the container serving as wheels, and the openings in the cover and bottom being oppositely located and adapted to removably receive one of said rods and support the same with one end projecting above the cover, for the purpose described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 20th day of March A. D. 1916.

LOUIS H. KIRK.

V Witnesses:

CHAS. F. DANE, C. J. BUTLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

